WEEI's Full Count blog has posted short bios of all of the interviewed candidates: Wallach, Pena, Ausmus, Hale.

Alex Speier examines the Red Sox's approach to wooing Farrell. ... For what it's worth, Peter Gammons said on Friday that the team will decide between Farrell and Ausmus. ... Peter Abraham wonders what the possible compensation for Farrell might be.

Also: Dave Magadan, the Red Sox's hitting coach since 2006, has taken a job as the Rangers' hitting coach. A recent SoSH thread had some good charts showing the team's decreasing on-base percentage since 2007.. ... Current bench coach Tim Bogar recently turned down a bench coach position with the Houston Astros. Bogar is under contract with the Red Sox until the end of October.

re Joe Maddon: herearesome articles that mention it from last winter, before Maddon got the extension. But I said "who knows what's true" because I don't know if it meant the team was actually trying to get him or if it's just what fans and random reports were hoping for.